A former nurse who pleaded guilty to killing 29 patients at hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania has received permission to donate a kidney to an acquaintance in New York, as long as he first appears at his own sentencing.Technorati Tags: Kidney Transplantation, Transplantation, Charles Cullen
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Nurse Who Killed His Patients Can Donate Kidney, but He Must Get His Sentence First
From The New York Times: